Cyber Times

Recent Hacking Attempt on RBI website

MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank today said there was an attempt to hack its website on Thursday, rendering it inaccessible for almost the entire day.
"It was a DNS (Domain Name System) attack where the hacker tried entering the website from a single Internet protocol address multiple times, jamming its bandwidth," an RBI spokesperson said.
Due to multiple requests received from the hacker's IP address, genuine entrants were unable to access the RBI website--www.rbi.org.in.

Cloud Computing And Cyber Forensics

If a considerable proportion of your business operations are conducted via computer, it is likely that you use a range of software, such as a word processor, email client, accounting package and client relationship management tool.

Understanding Types of Firewall Protection

The hardware security systems that act as firewalls vary in configuration and sophistication. One relatively simple device involves using a router-which controls the sending and receiving of messages-equipped with packet filters to examine the messages. This system can be configured to block traffic to or from certain Internet destinations or all unknown destinations. This type of security system is relatively inexpensive and easy to set up, but it also offers only minimal protection from hackers. A slightly more sophisticated and secure system is a proxy server.

NSA: Hackers attempt 8,000 times on CWG 2010 systems

NEW DELHI: A staggering 8,000 Cyber attacks were warded off during the 2010 Commonwealth Games, National Security Ad-visor Shivshankar Menon said Wednesday, pointing to India's capabilities. "There were over 8,000 attacks during the Commonwealth Games on ticketing and other systems. This was pure malice. I can't see any advantage in targeting ticketing and other networks," Menon said.
He was taking part in an interactive session after releasing a report on "India's Cyber Security Challenge" brought out by the Institute of
Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA).

Indian IT experts devise Vs deadly bots

NEW DELHI: Indian computer experts have devised a technique to smoke out bots and deter their malicious programmers from taking over your desk computer or laptop, stealing passwords or vital information in your hard drive even without your suspecting anything amiss, or deluging website with emails to crash them.
Bots are emerging as one of the biggest threats to Cyber safety and security worldwide. They may sneak into your computer through an email link or a contaminated external device such as a USB drive, or through chinks in outdated software loaded on your system.

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